Thx Kaj, i shall keep your advice in mind :)

Merci Monsieur

Kaj Haulrich wrote:

> FemmeFatale wrote:
> >
> > Took installing on Mandrake 8.1.  I never did get it working on 8.0..the
> > default install of Licq that is.
> > As to what i did, i just installed the package, found my password was
> > wrong; had to figure out where the dir. ~ was then edited the config
> > file for Licq.  Put in the correct password it works fine.
> >
> > Go figure.
> >
> > K so.......... New question!
> >
> > (Right i see you're all scared now. Good!)
> >
> > I went into the Security tab in Control Centre.  On install of Man. 8 or
> > 8.1 the security setting always goes to "Welcome to crackers!"  Yet i've
> > changed it numerous times to "Medium", as soon as i logout/in, it goes
> > back to "Welcome.."
> >
> > K so what the hell am i doing wrong...or rather wtf is Man. 8x doing
> > !???
> >
> Well Femme Fatale, you did nothing fatally wrong ! - I've wondered a bit
> about that myself, but it seems that it's only a "glitch", the
> security-screen falling back to the cracker-welcome : Actually, it
> accepts your settings, for instance "medium" and keeps them, regardless
> of the cracker-message. You can verify that in numerous ways. A simple
> test : open a file-manager and try to read other users stuff. In
> "medium"-state that should be impossible (as long as you are not root).
> Then try to set the "welcome to crackers"-option, and repeat the
> procedure - you will now be able to do almost anything, included
> accessing other users files. If, on the other hand, you set the
> "paranoid"-option, you can do next to nothing ! - So relax, everything
> is OK.
>
> About Bastille etc., I think others are more capable then me, which
> leads to a good advice : it's a generally a good idea to post only one
> question at a time. That way it's easy to locate a subject in the
> mail-archive and the chances are you'll get more - and quicker - answers
> from various people here on the list.
>
> Bonne chance, Femme Fatale !
> Kaj Haulrich
>
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